Rubber overshoe



(No Model.)

K. RAY.

RUBBER OVERSHOE. N 320.284 Patented June 16, 1885.

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Nirs TATES EDGAR K. BAY, OF FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS.

RUBBER OVERSHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,28i, dated June 16,1885.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR K. RAY, of Franklin, in the county of Norfolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rubber Overshoes, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to strengthen the shoe at those partswhich are subjected to the greatest wear, and also to render the shoepractically seamless.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain peculiar andnovel re-enforee pieces for the heel and toe, and also in a peculiar andnovel arrangement of the re-cnlorcing pieces for the heel, whereby thecounterseam is covered and concealed, so as to render the counterpractically seamless,as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a side elevation of my improved rubber shoe. Fig. 2 is averticallongitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar section of theheel and counter. Fig. 4 is an under side plan view of the rear end ofthe shoe with the heel removed. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation, partly insection, of my improved shoe.

In the said drawings, A designates the upper, 13 the sole, and G theheel, of a rubber overshoe. These parts are of the usual or anypreferred form, excepting that the heel is formed, preferably, with anextension, to, extending forward against the under side of the instep.The upper is joined at the counter by a central vertical scam in theusual manner.

D designates a re-enforce piece, which is L-shaped and cut taperingupward at one end. Thetapered end extends upward against the outside ofthe counter and over the counter-seam, while the remaining portionextends between the sole and the upper, at the rear end of the shoe, tothe meeting line be tween the heel-tread and the instep.

E designates an additional recnlorce piece, which lies over the outerpart of piece D, extending as far upward as the top of the counter, andthe lower part of which extends either between the sole and piece D, asshown in Fig. 2, or between the heel and sole, as shown in Fig. 3. Thelower part of piece E may be either a plain piece or cut away in thecenter, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, to save material. The piece E maybe either roughened throughout its external face, or only partiallyroughened, as desired. Upon the toe of the shoe is placed thestrengtheningpicee F, which extends upon the upper to about the pointshown, and the lower part of which is inserted between the upper andsole. Thus it will be seen that the shoe is strengthened at the counterand toe, and that it is practically seamless at the counter. \Vhen thepiece E is interposed between the heel and sole, as shown in Fig. 3, thesole is rendered extra water-tight, and is more strongly united to thesole than would otherwise be possible. The piece F may be eitherroughcned, as shown, or plain, or ornament ed in any desired manner. Thepiece 1) serves, in addition to its function as a cover for thecounter-seam, also as a stiffening for the coun ter, rendering the shoean automatic one, in which the counter passes over the shoe heel withouthandling when the rubber is being put on.

The shoe is practically as cheap as ordinary shoes, and is, at the sametime, much more stylish, strong, and durable. The re enforce piece E atthe heel may be made in one with the rc-enforce piece F at the toe, sothat the entire length of the shoe may be protected and strengthened, asis shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the re-ent'orce piece D mayextend forward beneath the upper and sole, as is shown in Fig. 2, so asto afford additional strength to the tread of the heel, or between thesole and heel, with the re-enforce piece E interposed between the heeland piece D, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invent ion, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters .l.at ent 1. The combination, with the upper, sole, and heelof a rubber shoe, of the rc-cnforce pieces D and E, formed and placedsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with upper A, sole B, and heel O, of the re-enl'orcecounter pieces D E and toe-piece F, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

\Vitnesses: EDGAR K. RAY.

J. A. MILLER, Jr., M. F. BLIGH.

